He had a game plan at the start of the weekend and he kept to it.
He is most improved since last year.
He made a mistake and then owned up to it in interview afterwards.
He made a very fine overtaking manoeuvre on Alonso.

I could easily have voted Hamilton though, or any of the drivers who made the race look "boring". That was the trick today, making sure you were boring

Can't remember the last time one of these driver of the day polls didn't name the ferrari drivers!

All of the contenders bar one either lucked their finishing postion or screwed up at some point apart from LH and NH and maybe Nico, got to give it to Lewis really as he was faultless today when others where losing their heads.

Mentions in despatches -

Nico, NH, and Bourdais the only other drivers that couldn't be faulted

Rubens - great drive screwed by a rookie mistake

Alonso - car looks a bit of a dog but he seemed a bit ragged, glad to see him with a smile on his face, perhaps he'll regain his sanity in the mid field this year with the pressure off.

Kovy - looks like they need to fit a thumb guard over the limiter button!

I had trouble deciding between Bourdais and Rosberg, but when I think about it... Bourdais was definitely my driver of the race, because Rosberg was pretty much guaranteed to score points. Bourdais wasn't, and he almost came fourth!

Kimi should not be listed at all in this poll. Sure, he had some monstrous passes and all, but too many strange offs and that long stint behind Barrichello...

For the fools that voted Hamilton, any F1 driver should walk it from pole with the best car so his drive was nothing special, perhaps you all should try to watch the race in place of fawning over the Golden Child.

For the fools that voted Hamilton, any F1 driver should walk it from pole with the best car so his drive was nothing special, perhaps you all should try to watch the race in place of fawning over the Golden Child.

Pretty much agree, Alonso put in a great effort and was nice to watch!

I thought Kimi's drive from 15th to 3rd was brilliant, but then I suspect fatigue in the heat led to the errors, a bit less fitness than Hammy and Heikki who both looked pretty fresh afterwards. For driving away off the front time and again, giving no-one a sniff of a challenge, no errors, as fast as he needed to be, I voted Hammy.

Lewis deserves votes. I think several drivers deserve the best driver of the race, those who did not put a foot wrong throughout the race, Lewis, Alonso, Bourdais, Roseberg.

What I am still tryng to figure out are the 10 votes for Kimi. WTF?

Maybe some people feel that the good outweigh the bad? Kimi had terrible luck and he had some strange brain farts (going off for example), but he made some fantastic passes and charges through the field.

His terrible pace at the end of the race can be forgiven, as his car was on the verge of dying anyway.

I voted for Kova, he had fastest lap after all, and was way heavier than Lewis in qualifying which means he was pretty heavier for most of the race. With a different strategy and without the bad luck with SC, the race could have gone to him. Hope he's more ambitious in the next races.

Maybe some people feel that the good outweigh the bad? Kimi had terrible luck and he had some strange brain farts (going off for example), but he made some fantastic passes and charges through the field.

His terrible pace at the end of the race can be forgiven, as his car was on the verge of dying anyway.

I think you are confusing Kimi with Massa. After Kimi's first lap, he only overtook Rubens. The one who made all of the passes on track was Massa.

fernando for me, he did the absolute best and pushed hard all race the car is really not there but fernando dragged it into a respectable place just by his sheer relentlus race pace and craft great drive

How could you chose just one!? Lewis was just perfect. The same could be said about Nico and Nick (I'm a bit surprised that only 5 people voted for Heidfeld). Alonso was spectacular in an underperforming machine (just look at Piquet. I don't rate the young Brazilian as high as other people who think -or should I say thought?- he is another Hamilton (I think both McLaren guys are superior drivers to him), but I'm sure Nelsinho can do better (He was nowhere the whole weekend)). Sebastien was great too (he even was pulling away from Alonso and Kova before his car stopped), Rubens did a very good job despite what happened then. Kubica didn't seem so good in the second half, I guess the strategy did not favoured him. Nakajima was unimpressive. Kimi lost control. Trulli was doing really well til his car broke. Glock didn't impress me that much. Massa wasn't that good either. Pretty much all the rest was out in the first lap or little less.

I expected no less of Hamilton, but for me the stand out drive was Bourdais. He spent 5 years ruling the roost in CART, but came into F1 with no hint of self importance, no trace of this will be easy etc., just knuckled down, kept a level head and was running easily in 4th place until his car let him down.

Originally posted by Bloggsworth I expected no less of Hamilton, but for me the stand out drive was Bourdais. He spent 5 years ruling the roost in CART, but came into F1 with no hint of self importance, no trace of this will be easy etc., just knuckled down, kept a level head and was running easily in 4th place until his car let him down.

I agree. There were a few very good drives but Seabass impressed me the most.

And Kimi impressed me the least. I'm not a fan of his but I respect his talent. Too bad he showed none of it today. This is about as bad as I've seen him drive.